Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 13:36:11 -0600
From: Katherine Catmull
Subject: Re: Sam Hill
On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, elliot mcintire wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 1995, Joan Livingston-Webber wrote:
>
> > For what it's worth, I keep thinking of a song, British I think,
> > about a cynical and nasty murderer going to be hanged named
> > Sam Hall. There are several versions. In one the chorus goes:
> >
> > My name is Samuel Hall. It is Sam Hall. (repeat)
> > My name it is Sam Hall and I hate you one and all.
> > You're a bunch of muckers all. God damn your eyes.
>
> Samuel Hall was an organizer/activist for the International Worker's of
> the World (IWW)(Wobblies) who was hanged for murder in Utah early in the
> century. Most feel that the evidence was very weak.So it's an old American
I think you're thinking of Joe Hill, the labor organizer who was executed
in Utah over protests from people including President Wilson. Last
telegram: "Don't mourn. Organize." Famous song about him: "I dreamed I
saw Joe Hill last night/alive as he could be" etc.
Anyone have more info on the Sam Hall song, and whether it is in fact
British?
Kate Catmull kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com